Hundreds of Mamdani Scavenger Hunt enthusiasts compete for 'not cash' prize

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s Sunday scavenger hunt was so popular that it ran out of clue cards early on — but undaunted seekers pressed on anyway.

“I wouldn’t be the youngest mayor,” Mamdani said Sunday morning on X, announcing the first clue’s location in a video backed by the “Jeopardy!” jingle. “That distinction goes to someone who was … kind of a star of ‘Notting Hill’? And was a part of an old New York political machine. To begin the hunt, meet us in front of the Gilded Age hall where that mayor spent a *lot* of his time.”

At 2 p.m. sharp, hundreds had solved the initial riddle and were already on line in Union Square, eager to press on.

“Made it to the answer of the first clue: Tammany Hall, Union Square,” read one enthusiast’s post reposted by Mamdani. “This [scavenger hunt] is so f’n clever.”


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